Avery's Big Girl Room ~ May 11, 2014

After many discussions on when to convert Avery to a big girl bed, John and I finally took the plunge and purchased a twin size bed for Avery.  On Mother's Day, we switched out her bed and started the transition.  We have yet to finish everything, but we are slowly completing the transition.  Here are a few sneak peaks of the transformation.

Below are the before pictures:

Transformation in process...

The headboard would not fit right on the frame, so John decided to drill new holes in the frames with some assistance from Grandpa Curran. 

 

Avery's first night in her big girl bed did not go as planned.  She struggled with the transition from her crib, which she had really outgrown, to her new big girl bed.  We had talked up her big girl bed for weeks, but she was just not 100% prepared for the change.  For the first week, either John or I laid in the floor next to her bed until she fell asleep at which time we would make a military or ninja like crawl to covertly leave the room.  After the first week, we started offering a few M&Ms if she would sleep in her big girl bed each night.  We also bought two night lights for her room.  Both the Ms and the nigh lights have added in making less ninja like evenings.  We will hopefully have her room completed in the next few weeks.